Discipline 008
We'll be the senior voice your team is hiring for.
For teams that want to own their build but need a senior engineering partner in the room. Architecture, code reviews, and weekly pair-programming on a fixed retainer.
What we do
Capabilities inside this practice.
- 01Architecture reviews and written blueprints
- 02Weekly code review with written feedback
- 03Pair-engineering sessions on tough modules
- 04Agentic-coding pairing with Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, and MCP
- 05Hiring rubrics and technical interview support
- 06On-call escalation for production fires
How we run it
The four phases of every engagement.
- 01
Audit
Two-week deep dive into current code, infra, and team practices.
- 02
Blueprint
Written architecture and refactor plan, prioritised by impact and effort.
- 03
Run
Weekly reviews and pairing. Your team writes the code, we make sure it's good.
- 04
Renew
Quarterly retrospective and either renew, scale up, or graduate.
Common questions
What clients ask before signing.
How is this different from a fractional CTO?
Narrower scope, more hands-on. We don't take board meetings — we review pull requests and pair on hard modules.
What's the minimum commitment?
Three months. Anything shorter doesn't give us enough signal to be useful.
Can you hire engineers for us?
We can write the rubric, run technicals, and recommend — but the offer is yours to make.
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